Hand painted photo transfer

One of my favorite surfaces for image transfer is canvas.  Recently I discovered something called Real Canvas Pad which is a pad containing 10 9X12 sheets of real canvas primed with Gesso.
An affordable alternative to stretched canvas.
I actually prefer the unprimed side which is rough and looks a lot like raw canvas.

To create this painted photo I chose a black & white Xerox photocopy of a picture taken in Downtown Los Angeles and transferred it using Mod Podge onto the canvas.
After the transfer was done I simply painted the transfer using acrylic paints.

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5 Responses to “Hand painted photo transfer”

1. jasmine says:

   February 25, 2010 at 7:16 pm

   oh so nice!!!!!!
2. Christine Candora-Hickey says:

   February 26, 2010 at 9:10 am

   I love this! It has such a gritty, “city” feel to it. Did you water down the acrylics and do you prefer a certain brand?
3. Dolly says:

   February 26, 2010 at 8:16 pm

   That’s loooovely!

   New to your blog, really enjoying your work.
4. Joel says:

   March 18, 2010 at 2:03 am

   Superb! I love these colors! BRAVO!

   J’adore vraiment !!!
5. aoluain says:

   April 9, 2010 at 4:00 am

   Excellent idea . . . one im going to try this weekend!
   love the effect nitsa looks like something from the 1920′s

   great work.